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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Conference 2018 Agenda

  • 2021-Tribal Water Resilience in a Changing Environment
  • 2020-Water at the Crossroads
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  • 2018-Business of Water
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Agenda - 2018 WRRC Annual Conference
The Business of Water
March 28, 2018

Last updated on 4/3/2018
Agenda (pdf)



7:30 – 8:15 am

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

   

8:15 – 8:30 am

WELCOME ADDRESSES

 

Sharon B. Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Center, UA

Shane Burgess, Vice President for Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension;
Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, UA

 
   

8:30 – 9:00 am

KEYNOTE: PROSPECTS FOR FUNDING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE – A FEDERAL VIEW

 

Ian Lyle, Executive Vice President, National Water Resources Association PPT presentation Video

   

9:00 – 10:00 am

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

 

Moderator: Rod Smith, President, Stratecon, Inc.

Mike Irlbeck, Director of Business Development, EPCOR Water PPT presentation Video

Chris Higgins, Executive Director, Goldman-Sachs

John Moffat, Economic Development Director, Pima County PPT presentation Video

 
 
   

10:00 – 10:15 am

BREAK

   

10:15 – 10:55 am

Keynote: Water Transactions

 

Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Robert C. Robbins, President, University of Arizona Honorable Stephen Roe Lewis, Governor, Gila River Indian Community

   

10:55 – 11:55 am

WATER TRANSACTIONS: COMPLEXITIES, LESSONS LEARNED, AND ETHICS

 

Moderator: David Wegner, Senior Scientific Consultant, Jacobs Engineering

Water Transactions:

Complexities – Peter Culp, Partner, Culp & Kelly, LLP PPT Presentation  Video

Lessons Learned – Cynthia Campbell, Water Resources Management Advisor, City of Phoenix Video

Ethics – Richard Morrison, Chairman, Morrison Enterprises Presentation

 

 

 

 

11:55 – 1:20 pm

LUNCHEON AND PANEL DISCUSSION – BINATIONAL COOPERATION

 

Moderator: Sharon B. Megdal

Edward Drusina P.E., Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission

Salvador López-Córdova, Chief Environmental Officer, NADBank

   

1:20 – 2:00 pm

POSTER PRESENTATIONS, DESSERT

   

2:00 – 3:20 pm

THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE BUSINESS OF WATER

 

Moderator: Kevin Moran, Senior Director of Water Program, Environmental Defense Fund

Todd Reeve, Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Environmental Foundation PPT presentation Video

Taylor Hawes, Colorado River Program Director, The Nature Conservancy PPT presentation Video

Yamilett Carillo, Director, Colorado River Delta Water Trust PPT presentation Video

Ted Kowalski, Senior Program Officer, Walton Family Foundation Video

 
   

3:20 – 3:40 pm

BREAK

   

3:40 – 4:40 pm

WATER AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

 

Moderator: Susan Craig, Communications Director, Water Infrastructure Finance Authority

Charles Flynn, Director, Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area PPT presentation Video

Doug Von Gausig, Mayor, Town of Clarkdale

Timothy Thomure, Director, Tucson Water, City of Tucson PPT presentation Video

Nathan Wright, Program Manager, Community and Economic Development, City of Phoenix PPT presentation Video

   

4:40 – 5:05 pm

KEYNOTE: THE BUSINESS OF WATER: THE FUTURE

 

Tom Buschatzke, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources PPT presentation Video

   

5:05 – 5:20 pm

POSTER PRIZES, CLOSING COMMENTS

 

Conference Sponsors

 
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Water Asset Management

Southern Arizona Water Users Association

Farmers Investment Co
 

Bureau of Reclamation

Central Arizona Project

Westland Resources
 

EPCOR

Montgomery & Associates

Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority
 

Salt River Project

Arizona Public Service Electric Company

UA Research, Discovery & Innovation
 

BKW farms

Walton Family Foundation

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Advanced Drainage Systems

 

U.S. Geological Survey

Environmental Defense Fund

Tucson Regional Water Coalition

 

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